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This book will teach you Python programming and some basic electronics without assuming any prior knowledge of either subject. The book initially focuses on Python programming, building up a Morse Code example using the Raspberry Pi Pico's built-in LED. Once you have leveled up on the basics of coding the Pico or Pico W, the book will introduce electronics, showing...

Microcontrollers, like RP2040 at the heart of Raspberry Pi Pico, are computers stripped back to their base essentials. You don't use monitors or keyboards, but program them to take their input from, and send their output to the input/output pins. Using these programmable connections, you can light lights, make noises, send text to screens, and much more. In Get...

Make: Getting Started with Circuit Playground Express is written by our friend, Anne Barela, author of G.S.W. Adafruit Trinket. Anne is an engineer and Maker with the Adafruit team. We also have a great bundle that includes everything you need to follow along with the projects in the book, no soldering required! This book gives you the low-down on microcontrollers by...

If Adafruit were a manga, it would definitely look like this. Wow, wouldn't that be mega-sugoi? Ladyada-sensei, notice me! It's difficult not to feel like an excited otaku while looking at this enchanting cyber-bishoujo cover. New Ada-friend Mitsuharu Aoyama has published a beautiful, thoughtfully designed beginner's book on CircuitPython with Circuit Playground...

Python for Kids - A Playful Introduction to Programming. Python is a powerful, expressive programming language that’s easy to learn and fun to use! But books about learning to program in Python can be kind of dull, gray, and boring, and that’s no fun for anyone. Featuring original artwork by Miran Lipovača. Full color, over 344 pages. Python for Kids...

Discontinued - you can grab Python for Kids - A Playful Introduction to Programming instead! We are now stocking Getting Started with Processing - Second Edition. A Quick, Hands-on Introduction By Casey Reas, Ben Fry. We get asked the following a lot from beginners "how do you learn how to program" and our answer is usually "try processing". It's open source, free to...

Make: Volume 57 features a familiar face on its cover... it's LadyAda with one of her Circuit Playgrounds, of course! This is Make Magazine's annual boards blowout issue, an examination of the latest from the world of microcontrollers and single-board computers! These prototyping devices are more powerful than ever, with the latest crop now capable of...

2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American quarterly journal specializing in issues surrounding hacking, telephone switching systems, internet protocols, telecommunications in general, the politics around high technology, and its impact on society. With origins in the phreaking community and late 20th century counterculture, 2600 and its associated conference...

Author Gordon Williams writes, "We humans have endless imaginations. 'Making' -- whether that's painting, designing, building, or programming -- can be one of the most satisfying human experiences. Standing back from a creation and thinking, 'I made that,' is one of the best feelings I know." Whether you're into robotics or other forms of electromechanics, Make:...

"Take a byte of the micro:bit!" This book is for everyone! It's for kids (and parents) who want to learn how to program their own simple games and gadgets using the BBC micro:bit. It's also for serious hardware hobbyists who want an inexpensive microcontroller with a built-in LED display. Or for Internet of Things nerds who want an inexpensive, remote programmable...

Discontinued - you can grab the Python for Microcontrollers: Getting Started with MicroPython instead! If you’ve already dipped your toes in the Python pool as a programmer, educator, or maker, you’re ready to learn more—and have fun along the way! This practical guide delivers the knowledge you need to roll up your sleeves and create exceptional...

Discontinued - you can grab HackSpace Magazine Issue #25 - Maker Christmas - December 2019 instead! Make: Volume 61 features one of our absolute favorite makers, Naomi Wu, better known online as @RealSexyCyborg! We are so thrilled she's getting this exposure that we want everyone to have a copy of the magazine! Considering that Naomi is the creator of China's first...

Discontinued - you can grab this Tiny Code Reader from Useful Sensors instead! Deep learning networks are getting smaller. Much smaller. The Google Assistant team can detect words with a model just 14 kilobytes in size—small enough to run on a microcontroller. With this practical book, you’ll enter the field of TinyML, where deep learning and embedded...

Discontinued - you can grab Python for Kids - A Playful Introduction to Programming instead! Alright, the Adafruit CLUE is ready for its close-up...And what an incredible cover image shot by Adafruit's in-house photographer, Andrew Tingle! Welcome to Make:’s 2020 Guide to Boards! This year brings powerful new releases from Adafruit, Arduino, BeagleBoard,...